Masataki Terauchi

Masataki Terauchi (1852 - 1919) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer and political official.

During the Satsuma Rebellion, he was injured and lost the use of his right arm. In the Choshu Clan, he was third after Aritomo Yamagata and Taro Katsura.

In 1882, he went to France to study as a military attache of the legation. After holding military posts as commandant of the Japanese Military Academy, first Inspector General of Military Education, and vice-chief of the General Staff Office, he successively served as war minister in the first and second Katsura cabinets, and first Saionji cabinet.

In 1910, he became the first governor-general of Korea, ruling harshly. This would have long effects on Korean-Japanese releations.

In 1916, he became Prime Minister of Japan, and pushed through the [Siberian Intervention]]. In 1918, his cabinet resigned en masse as a result of the Rice Riot (Kome-Sodo).